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Wisconsin GOP members on land board ban work climate change
Posted by Wisconsin State Journal: Steven Verburg on April 9th, 2015
Wisconsin State Journal: A Wisconsin state board made up of elected officials voted 2-1 Tuesday to ban staff members of a small agency from on-the-job discussion or work related to climate change.
Staffers for the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands had already removed a reference to climate change from its website in response to previous complaints by one board member, state Treasurer Matt Adamczyk.
Adamczyk is a Republican who recently sought to dismiss board executive secretary Tia Nelson from her post after...
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State of Tribes address draws one-sided cheers over mine company pullout
Posted by Wisconsin State Journal: Steven Verburg on March 7th, 2015
Wisconsin State Journal: The mention of the pullout of a mining company drew applause during the annual State of the Tribes address to Wisconsin legislators. "When it comes to the Penokee Hills mine, we are not going to see that mine happen," said Chris McGeshick, chairman of the Sokaogon Chippewa Community, who delivered the address. Minority Democrats in the Assembly chamber broke into loud applause while Republicans generally remained quiet. Gogebic Taconite, a company formed to dig a huge open-pit iron mine in Iron...